Reporter Gwynnevere Vang updates readers on current campus construction happening at St. Thomas.
Campus construction update
Seminarians play wiffle ball in would-be 20th annual tournament
St. Thomas seminarians got back outside for a shortened annual wiffle ball tournament after last year’s spring 2020 tournament was canceled because of COVID-19. Cam Kauffman has the story.
Dean investigates SJV students for possible COVID-19 protocol violations
Four St. John Vianney College Seminary students have been reported to the Dean of Students office for possibly violating a quarantine triggered by a COVID-19 outbreak that had resulted in 33 resident cases as of Thursday. Production Editor Justin Amaker has the story.
News in :90 – Dec. 15, 2020
St. Thomas reported 58 positive COVID-19 tests last week, the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Minnesota, the Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden and the community gathered to remember a St. Thomas sophomore who died. Production Editor Justin Amaker has today’s News in :90.
COVID-19 UPDATE: St. Thomas positive cases rise slightly
Fifty-eight positive COVID-19 tests were reported last week by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being Monday, an increase of 11 from the previous week. Justin Amaker and Maggie Stout have the story.
News in :90 – Dec. 8, 2020
A St. Thomas sophomore died in a car crash, 12 St. John Vianney students tested positive for COVID-19 Friday and the first COVID-19 vaccination program in a western country began in the U.K. TMCreative Director Sarah McCarthy has today’s News in :90.
COVID-19 UPDATE: St. Thomas positive cases continue downward trend
Forty-seven positive COVID-19 cases were reported last week by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being Monday, a decrease of ten from the previous week. Joey Swanson, Justin Amaker and Maggie Stout have the story.
SJV students quarantining for two weeks after COVID-19 outbreak
According to an email from the Center for Well-Being Monday morning, all students in the St. John Vianney College Seminary have been asked to quarantine for the next two weeks “as a precautionary measure” after 12 students in the residence tested positive for COVID-19 Friday.
St. Thomas closes Rome campus, limits travel amid coronavirus outbreak
The University of St. Thomas strongly discourages university faculty, staff and students from traveling internationally, after announcing its plan to close its Bernardi campus in Rome following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in northern Italy.
AP: Former St. Thomas Seminary adviser, Duluth bishop dies suddenly at age 59
The Diocese of Duluth says Bishop Paul Sirba, who served both seminaries at St. Thomas, has died after suffering a heart attack. He was 59.
SJV Seminary hosts 15th annual whiffle ball tournament
The St. John Vianney Seminary Brooklyn Bridegrooms won the final whiffle ball playoff game of the annual tournament hosted by St. John Vianney Seminary May 9.